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special talents are gone completely?”

“Plenty,” Joan replied. “Serve yourselves.”

The Doctor filled his own cup and Huxley’s. Phil answered, “Gone
entirely, I’m reasonably certain. I thought it might be hysterical
shock from the operation, but I tried him under hypnosis, and the
results were still negative—completely. Joan, you’re some cook.
Will you adopt me?”


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“You’re over twenty-one.”

“I could easily have him certified as incompetent,” volunteered
Coburn.

“Single women aren’t favored for adoption.”

“Marry me, and it will be all right—we can both adopt him and you
can cook for all of us.”

“Well, I won’t say that I won’t and I won’t say that I will, but I will
say that it’s the best offer I’ve had today. What were you guys
talking about?”

“Make him put it in writing, Joan. We were talking about Valdez.”

“Oh! You were going to run those last tests yesterday, weren’t
you? How did you come out?”

“Absolutely negative insofar as his special clairvoyance was
concerned. It’s gone.”

“Hmm—How about the control tests?”

“The Humm-Wadsworth Temperament Test showed exactly the
same profile as before the accident, within the inherent limits of
accuracy of the technique. His intelligence quotient came within
the technique limit, too. Association tests didn’t show anything
either. By all the accepted standards of neuropsychology he is the
same individual, except in two respects; he’s minus a chunk of his
cortex, and he is no longer able to see around corners. Oh, yes,
and he’s annoyed at losing that ability.”

After a pause she answered, “That’s pretty conclusive, isn’t it?”

Huxley turned to Coburn. “What do you think, Ben?”

“Well, I don’t know. You are trying to get me to admit that that